Materials - GE Spacemaker GSM603 Use & Care Manual

What you can usually wash safely in your dishwasher.
And what you can't.
Usually
Material
Aluminum
Crystal YES
electronic air cleaner
filters, furnace filters,
paint brushes, etc.
Glass
Iron
Pewter
Plastics
Stainless steel
YES
Sterling Silver
and Silver plate
Non-stick
YES
coatings
Tin
Wood
Forget a dish? Here's
when you can add it.
RINSE & HOLD cvcle. With
other wash cycles, you can add
dishes at any time BEFORE the main
detergent wash portion of the cycle.
10
Safe
Exceptions (not safe)
YES Some colored anodized aluminum can
fade.
YES
Antique, metal-trimmed, hand-painted
or over-the-glaze patterns fade. Gold
leaf will discolor.
Antique, metal-trimmed or hand-
painted patterns fade. Gold leaf will
discolor.
NO
Milk glass may yellow.
YES
NO Iron will rust.
Pewter tarnishes.
NO
YES
Don't put in same silverware basket
YES
with stainless steel. Contact between
metals can damage silver. Don't wash
copper utensils in the same load. Silver
may get a brown film. Adhesive used
to attach some hollow-handle knives
can loosen.
NO
Tin can rust.
NO
Wood can warp, crack or lose its
finish with any type of washing.
However, opening the door during
any cycle lessens cleaning power
dishwasher is lowered. So tw to
load everything at the beginning.
Here's how to add a forgotten dish:
1. Push the door latch to the left.
Washing will stop.
Special Instructions
Some darkening or spotting possible. Remove by
scouring with soap-filled steel wool pads.
If in doubt, check with the manufacturer, or test wash
one piece daily for at least a month. Compare with the
rest of the set.
Load securely to prevent movement. Check
manufacturer's instructions for your crystal.
Do not wash in dishwasher. Damage to dishwtisher and
discoloration or staining of dishwasher may result.
If it doesn't say DISHWASHER SAFE,
the top rack before dishwashing an entire set. Wash in
top rack only.
Rinse if not washing immediately. Salty or acid foods
if left on.
can stain
Rinse if not washing immediately. Salty or acid foods
can stain if left on. Dry detergent can cause difticult-t(~-
remove black spots. Place in back section of silverware
basket to avoid exposure to detergent from the detergent
cup.
After washing, wipe the non-stick coating area with
vegetable oil to keep it from losing its non-stick quality.
2. Wait a few seconds until the
water calms. Then open the door.
3. Add dishes you've forgotten.
4. Close the door and push the
latch to the far right. When the
door is locked, washing will
continue.
test one piece in